Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 136 priced lines covering 7,231 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,224 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,790 head.

Mon Mar 22, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,224Last week 8,714Year ago 1,494

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,790Last week 1,216Year ago 538

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to 2.50 higher. Feeder steers 550/849 lbs 7.00 to 11.00 higher, over 850 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher on a light test, 550/699 lbs 7.00 to 11.00 higher, over 700 lbs 3.00-7.00 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	531	143.25–159.00	150.56
17	—	914	114.00–123.00	119.14
154	—	623	137.00–154.50	146.42
466	—	737	126.00–141.00	136.51
136	—	580	140.00–156.75	148.66
4	—	346	164.00	164.00
154	—	865	119.25–127.50	121.71
27	—	477	153.00–161.00	157.14
160	—	812	121.50–133.50	130.17
303	—	679	133.50–145.50	138.21
145	—	771	124.50–137.50	131.54
26	—	408	153.00–169.00	162.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	794	119.00–123.00	120.99
3	—	398	155.00	155.00
7	—	667	131.00	131.00
3	—	518	140.00	140.00
3	—	820	121.00	121.00
4	—	492	141.00	141.00
30	—	634	135.00–139.00	136.87
5	—	568	139.25	139.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	494	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	796	150.00	150.00
33	—	747	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	713	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,023	106.75–121.25	113.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	781	134.00–139.00	136.35
3	—	465	155.00	155.00
22	—	675	140.00–147.50	144.79
14	—	722	140.00–141.00	140.71
12	—	840	124.75–127.50	126.59
6	—	648	155.00	155.00
3	—	945	121.00	121.00
3	—	590	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	471	120.00–147.50	130.61
4	—	205	115.00–145.00	129.91
11	—	539	136.00–153.00	145.20
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
4	—	609	120.00–138.00	128.74
20	—	567	121.00–145.00	139.14
3	—	328	135.00–150.00	143.38
3	—	840	107.00	107.00
51	—	1,036	91.50–100.00	94.41
16	—	374	140.00–152.50	147.23
2	—	850	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	549	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	428	196.00–199.00	198.43
383	—	774	141.00–154.00	145.35
97	—	580	156.00–180.50	169.11
24	—	476	175.00–187.50	180.98
263	—	673	151.00–168.50	159.69
131	—	525	160.00–186.00	180.34
69	—	988	120.00–130.00	124.33
341	—	630	153.00–178.00	167.26
54	—	922	120.00–136.00	130.91
728	—	874	126.00–139.75	134.71
395	—	826	134.25–144.85	140.56
10	—	336	192.50–205.00	198.85
361	—	729	143.50–158.50	152.80
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,075	110.00–121.50	118.34
7	—	1,122	113.00	113.00
3	—	1,193	109.50	109.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	743	92.00–95.50	94.47
38	—	670	90.00–91.00	90.38
25	—	361	117.50–120.00	119.45
11	—	864	89.00–96.50	95.13
5	—	426	110.00–115.00	111.99
6	—	585	93.50	93.50
11	—	769	89.00–93.00	90.49
1	—	975	81.00	81.00
4	—	940	90.00	90.00
13	—	1,030	75.00–90.00	86.19
2	—	545	114.00	114.00
80	—	806	86.00–98.50	97.54
150	—	466	110.00–115.00	111.32
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	439	102.50–107.50	104.56
30	—	523	100.00–104.00	102.22
2	—	330	112.50	112.50
1	—	280	105.00	105.00
12	—	167	92.50–100.00	98.61
23	—	459	105.00–107.50	106.32
15	—	725	87.00–89.50	88.51
13	—	381	105.00–106.00	105.69
28	—	559	100.00–110.00	103.24
21	—	689	80.00–89.50	86.72
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	441	70.00–80.00	78.81
7	—	469	60.00	60.00
17	—	630	60.00–90.00	78.61
19	—	541	72.50–92.50	81.95
3	—	708	35.00	35.00
12	—	677	45.00–57.50	55.44
21	—	592	52.50–95.00	83.12
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	227	80.00	80.00
28	—	317	80.00–95.00	90.96
10	—	177	50.00–71.00	66.06
10	—	384	75.00–95.00	89.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	161.00	161.00
5	—	840	117.00	117.00
5	—	764	119.00–124.00	122.02
8	—	666	140.50	140.50
3	—	736	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	90.00–96.50	91.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,345	105.00–113.00	109.77
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,516	102.25–117.00	113.24
313	—	1,459	112.00–120.25	117.02
27	—	1,460	102.00–113.00	106.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,100	82.00–108.50	101.91
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	95.00–106.00	100.52
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,724	103.00–107.00	105.66
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,275	110.00–115.25	113.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,437	64.50–76.00	70.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,283	113.00	113.00
311	—	1,353	108.00–120.50	117.67
48	—	1,469	101.00–118.00	111.09
30	—	1,347	106.00–112.50	111.94
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,625	66.00–78.50	73.72
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,581	82.00–90.00	84.75
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,080	69.00–111.00	95.73
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,085	94.50–104.00	100.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,311	100.00–113.75	111.23
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,262	106.00–117.50	111.05
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	93.00	93.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,047	66.00–82.00	78.81
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,598	101.00–104.50	101.72
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,450	96.00–107.00	98.80
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,315	70.00–94.50	85.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,779	79.00–95.00	88.03
3	—	1,670	72.00–75.00	73.64
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,358	61.00–73.00	69.20
124	—	1,364	52.00–69.00	65.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,138	41.00–61.00	53.49
11	—	1,007	35.00–48.00	41.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	70.00–87.00	79.86
101	—	1,517	61.00–79.00	70.36
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	85.00–92.00	88.34

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Iowa barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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